Such high passing volume is difficult for any quarterback to sustain, but head coach Frank Reich knows it is especially true for Luck.

“Yeah, absolutely. I mean, it’s killing me to have to throw it this much. I know you can’t sustain this,” Reich told reporters Friday. “The story doesn’t end well when you have to sustain this level of throwing.”

Due to game scripts and their own doing, the Colts have had Luck lead an extremely unbalanced offense. Without a rushing attack, the Colts have had Luck air it out more times in his career than ever.

To put it in perspective, Luck has had more than 50 pass attempts in three of the five games this season. He had done that just seven other times throughout the first six years of his career.

The shoulder looks fine and recent weeks have shown that Luck’s deep ball really hasn’t gone anywhere. The offense simply wasn’t able to dial up any deep passes.

Regardless, Reich knows his offensive unit needs to be more balanced in their approach.

“We are doing everything we can do to try to balance that out,” Reich said. “That being said, we get in a game, we are going to play to win. When you get behind early – and then of course last week was an overtime game so you’re playing 70 minutes rather than 60. So, that has to be factored in there as well. That’s going to add to the attempts. But we need to be more balanced for sure.”

The Colts will have a few extra days to rest the multi-million dollar arm of Luck while they figure out a way to balance out the offense.

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